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Definitions for actress
ˈæk trɪsac·tress
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word actress.
Princeton's WordNet
actressnoun
a female actor
Wiktionary
actressnoun
A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).
actressnoun
A female actor on the stage or in films.
Webster Dictionary
Actressnoun
a female actor or doer
Etymology: [Cf. F. actrice.]
Actressnoun
a female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part
Etymology: [Cf. F. actrice.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of actress in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of actress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of actress in a Sentence
Also attending Saturday’s festivities were Ali MacGraw`s son, filmmaker Josh Evans, and his wife, actress Charis Michelsen-Evans. “I got teary-eyed,” Charis says about touring the sanctuary. “To see all the animals so happy, well, it just touches my heart.” (Interview at Best Friends animal sanctuary) [2008]
Maybe this time, no black actor or actress deserved to make it to the final selection, why should we always categorize people? I think nowadays we are living in easily offended societies. There will always be someone who's too beautiful, too black or not white enough.
There’s a lot of hypocrisy going on, literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White. But you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me.
The actress (Heidi Swedberg) is this wonderful girl, and … I love her! i couldn’t figure out how to play off of her. Her instincts for doing a scene — where the comedy was — and mine were always misfiring.
When I began the TV show, I was very new to the business and industry as a whole, felicity was the first one to take me under Actress Felicity Huffman wing. From the first table read of the script, Actress Felicity Huffman noticed me sitting alone, scared and unsure of where to go and what to do. Actress Felicity Huffman gentle character and kind heart immediately opened up to me.
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- ممثّلةArabic
- актрисаBulgarian
- actriuCatalan, Valencian
- herečkaCzech
- skuespillerindeDanish
- SchauspielerinGerman
- ηθοποιόςGreek
- aktorinoEsperanto
- actrizSpanish
- näitlejanna, näitlejatarEstonian
- näyttelijätärFinnish
- actriceFrench
- aisteoir mná, ban-aisteoirIrish
- ban-chleasaiche, ban-chluicheadair, ban-actairScottish Gaelic
- actrizGalician
- שחקניתHebrew
- अभिनेत्रीHindi
- színésznőHungarian
- leikkonaIcelandic
- attriceItalian
- 女優Japanese
- 여배우Korean
- actrixLatin
- अभीनेत्रीMarathi
- aktresMalay
- skuespillerinneNorwegian
- actriceDutch
- skodespelarinneNorwegian Nynorsk
- skuespillerinneNorwegian
- actritzOccitan
- aktorkaPolish
- atrizPortuguese
- actrițăRomanian
- актриса, артисткаRussian
- глумица, glumicaSerbo-Croatian
- රංගන ශිල්පිනිය, නිළියSinhala, Sinhalese
- herečkaSlovak
- igralkaSlovene
- aktris, skådespelerskaSwedish
- నటిTelugu
- aktrisTurkish
- jidramatanVolapük
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